First FPV Crash in River

[sismancocuk]

agreed with skywave12, you should put a little circuit for remote power-cut.

[sismancocuk]

yo Ali, good job man. thanks for posting.

[ppolosurfer]

OH SHIT! THE CONTROLS TOO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! ALA ALA ALA ALA ALA ALA ALA ALA ALA ALA ALA! STUPID DOG!

[tomtom4867]

why would you fly over a river anyway?

[donbahadur]

i guess smetym u should ditch airplane ,,,,,,

[djhoodski]

Great comedy vid, love it. Good end to the story as all your equipment was ok :)

[lastrobble]

ah man I was laughing so hard when you were screaming NO NO no! LOL that is comedy gold. Glad your stuff was alright

[Microcrasher]

Very nice Clip...

[airbusa380andsas]

maday maday maday ve got a engien failure im gotta dich in the water aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarg splash

[danfish101]

why would u fly it over the water

[hansg6000]

Hi. Nice video. Hey, what sort of head tracking system do you use? Can you describe how it works? thanks

[sundown798]

I left some 1 cell lipos in my pocket and they went through the washer. They were fine the next day :)

[basadia]

If you get water into electronics you can submerge them in rice for 24 to 48 hours and the rice will absorb any water from the electronics. Much safer than just drying out with a hair dryer. Takes longer but you have a better chance of saving your expensive equipment.

cheers

[sismancocuk]

@basadia interesting fact...

[EXTREMERFLUGSTOFF]

robocop ?? lol

[bingobongo17]

eject, eject .....EJECT LOL

[skywave12]

In a water spill or rain remember to disconnect the battery power as soon as possible once the model is in hand. The DC voltage to circuits with water will electrically corrode wires and circuit board prints very fast. It is what is called a electrolysis reaction.

[edmari440]

Had it crashed in the middle of the river... do you have a rescue boat? Or would you have to write it off. That would be awful.

[neuroza]

Hi! I have the same 1W 1.2Ghz video setup, But I can't find anywhere the patch antenna. Where can I buy one???

[alishanmao]

@neuroza buy it off bevrc

[TheSPilot]

Its not saltwater its sweet water so everything is fine lol

[risi2]

You're my new hero alishanmao, you didn´t hesitate to get in the water to take your little bird, I thought all your flights were perfect but its clear that when you're flying you have to be prepared for all. Its great that you could recover all your equipe.

[RoboTekno]

You should try a waterproof box to house all the electronics.

[adhimahajan]

@FR3SS3R3 Cant You see the title of the vid!

[theScorpion1001]

does it come with evrthing needed for fpv flying

[alishanmao]

@theScorpion1001 the plane is just plane, it comes RTF as glider only. FPV setup you have to buy your own

[carlosmurphy4u]

This is fun, where is it being recorded?

[seasidecrime]

there goes 10000 bucks

[s4ddl3rr]

well that it is not broke

[johnny4631]

Does the skyrider come with the tx/rx and everything you need out of the box (except tx batteries)????

[alishanmao]

@johnny4631 yes RTF version has everything, 2.4G Radio

[johnny4631]

@alishanmao Thanks for all the replies I really appreciate that.

[melinda1971mari]

una lastima,espero que lo repares amigo.

[pilot1328]

Nice Dichting

[JoeVSvolcano]

I see the problem, you have some big frigging metal scaffold thing attached to your back!

[alishanmao]

@JoeVSvolcano LOL man, do you know anything about Long range FPV and antennas? cuz if you did, you won't post such stupid comment lol.

[DerickZ316]

@alishanmao I know all about long range FPV and antennas, but I found his comment funny. I think he was making a joke ;)

[h2oreactor]

if you flew straight after seeing the land... you could have made it... you keep on banking, that's where you lost all the lift.

[alishanmao]

@h2oreactor man, did not you watch the video nicely? I had no control what so ever. If I had slightest control over only rudder I would have landed it safely.

[boywaimea]

great everything worked after the crash. if it didn't you're talking money to replace the electronics. but it's the nature of this hobby as we all crash. we just don't know when something will go wrong. always need to check.

[alishanmao]

@boywaimea it all worked great.

[sparrowlt]

I usually fly in a slope right at the sea coast.. i would really not like to see the plane going out of control into the water..

And it has happened to a lot of experienced guys

[kitexps]

hehe and that is why I dont fly on BEC :D

[alishanmao]

@kitexps true, I use separate UBECs now

[Petsku333]

That Nononononononnono sounds like a glider's lift indicator : DDD

[alishanmao]

@Petsku333 that was a vario meter no

[mike23975]

@aliahanmao hey,I send you a friend request an msn plz add me am name as"Rog16@live.com"!!!;)

[alishanmao]

@mike23975 ok if i get it I will add it

[mike23975]

@alishanmao thx you,you are a nice personne;)

[mike23975]

hey,I send you a friend request an msn plz add me am name as"Rog16@live.com"!!!;)

[sheldonholy]

You know, those futaba Rx's are the worst to use. Use the Corona ones. No interference with those.

[alishanmao]

@sheldonholy well it was not Futaba :) it was the ESC problem

[zombienumber13]

wow lucky, glad all is well, hopefully better luck next time, i've really been waiting for this vid, because i want to try it also at my local flying field

[alishanmao]

@zombienumber13 :D you mean you wanna try a FPV Crash in water hahahah :D good luck mate

[zombienumber13]

wow lucky, glad all is well, hopefully better luck next time

[RedSurfBoy]

Man you had my heart racing with the way you did the edit! Couple of more feet would have made a huge difference. So what was the problem with the ESC?

[alishanmao]

@RedSurfBoy too much load on its tiny BEC and battery probably not supported. or could be just too old ESC. :( it just died

[alishanmao]

@meatloaf396 LOL Don't ask. I have to rob few banks now and then to keep it going :D LOL nah, its google payment from Youtube thats helping me nowadays to buy all that equipment.

[JollySwagman2006]

Nooo Ali thats, not good, but at least it wasnt in the middle of River,

And all equipment was salvageable at least , looking forward next time

BTW What was the Problem with the Motor and control loss

[alishanmao]

@JollySwagman2006 ESC has only 2A BEC and running 9 servos and other stuff on it, it gave away.

[rccrazer]

just some quick questions:

1. are there any redcat boats in testing?

2. when will the three tracks be ready? the air track, the on-road race track, and the off-road race track?

[alishanmao]

@rccrazer No boats yet. I am the one who is asked to design the tracks. I have designed on road and off road track. we are going to submit them to Local Government soon. once they approve it, we will have them in no time at all. just need to get over those red tapes you know.

[nickssocool1]

ali batteries are water proof they should be fine

[alishanmao]

@nickssocool1 well all the electronics were fine :D hehehe

[minfinger]

I've had a few moments like that recently. Like discovery that I really should be using metal gear servos and not plastics. :(

[alishanmao]

@minfinger hmm well it wasn't servos, it was bec on ESC that gave away

[pilot74sparki]

Thanks for sharing your experience with us, you say that it was bad luck only 1 metre from land, I think you would have done more damage if you had of hit tera firma! Especially as all electronics dried out ok. 5*

[alishanmao]

@pilot74sparki I couldn't agree more with ya. later i saw there, it was all stones :D

[roberttreboranita]

i was waiting for someone to crash into the river...but i did not hope it to be you Ali!! the set-up is looking great! rob

[alishanmao]

@roberttreboranita LOL at least I now know the feeling :D

[gatorbait1971]

so glad everything is ok,i feel for you ,my friend.nice job trying to get it back to dryland..next time drop it on the sand bar,, you tryed ,,i know.

[alishanmao]

@gatorbait1971 well if I had a little control i could bring it to land but again it was nice experience

[tension888]

the first robot pilot on youtube :)

[alishanmao]

@tension888 Thats me :D

[420choky]

mine did a dive in the snow all my fpv crap in snow ..

lucky it works still . waiting on new power house GraysonHobby Super MegaJet V2 & GH 50A w/BEC ESC (

[alishanmao]

@420choky hmm I have switched to using separate stand alone powerful UBECs now. you should do the same. you can't trust BEC in ESC

[boywaimea]

at least it was fresh water. mine crashed in the ocean. it was close to the shore and i wanted to get it people so nosy standing around looking. finally i had to get the plane because it started drifting outward to the sea. ended up swimming for it. the esc got wet and started to burn. had to swim to get the canopy way out. almost drown doing it. what a mess and embarrassing.

[alishanmao]

@boywaimea tell me bout it. In Ocean water, things start to burn soon. thats a total loss. next time never put your life on for some RC Plane equipment mate

[boywaimea]

@alishanmao the only thing that didn't get wet was the motor. i should have left the canopy float away. but you are right about life and an rc plane. do you like the phoenix 2000? i'm looking at the skywalker too. thanks for the vids. great flying too.

[alishanmao]

@boywaimea For FPV SkyWalker is the best and perfect plane. it has tons of space in its fuselage and it flies longer, you can modify it as you want for small batteries short flights or bigger batteries longer flights. it can take much more payload compared to those gliders. my gliders are just sitting at home now, since I got SkyWalker. I am gonna get one more skywalker soon

[boywaimea]

@alishanmao i went on the link you ;posted and viewed the skywalker. does it come with the motor and esc and servos all to $99+shipping and handling? coz i like what i see but the price is unbelievable. thought i'd confirm it with you.

[rchelicopter321]

no not the futaba

[alishanmao]

@rchelicopter321 heheh I carried it in water :D phew good that i did not fall

[mike23975]

wow,I have a shock when I see the airoplane crashing am glad that this solide baby do not get much damage ;)!!

[alishanmao]

@mike23975 well it was water. maybe on land it had damaged

[mike23975]

@alishanmao oh....

[takeit69]

Man that stinks! I hope everything is still working!! I cant wait for the next flight!

[alishanmao]

@takeit69 everything is working sweet. gonna test today on SkyWalker if weather allows.

[goastdoggg]

Just for everyone's future reference, a great way to dry electronics without using heat is to put them in some uncooked rice. The rice pulls the water out, it takes a little longer but works.

[alishanmao]

@goastdoggg heheheh Will try it if it happens next time

[keith42085]

not good at all ali. but its like you said it was better than the middle and you having to go swimming lol. glad it didnt fry any of the electronics

[alishanmao]

@keith42085 True :D

[stefke72yamaha]

now its a fpv boat...

[420choky]

@stefke72yamaha hahahah

[alishanmao]

@stefke72yamaha Loved the comment hahaha

[parrotpilot]

Put floats on the plane! You might as well take advantage of having a river to land on, might make a great video!

[alishanmao]

@parrotpilot I am thinking to do that on SkyWalker. Who needs run way then :D

[creviseboy]

i told you to water proof your electronics in the robo pilot vid this is why flying over wateris scary cuz if you crash o run out of power it goes into the water and almost all our money put into your electronics is down the drain

sorry about the plane what happen did you lose control or did you drp the radio cuz i don't know what you said when it started to come down anybody know????

[alishanmao]

@creviseboy well that stuff in that video I can't find it here. But again, I will try to do something else. Like using Hot Glue make sure water never gets into plane. I lost control due to ESC that has 2A BEC. I think that was the cause, not enough current and servos locked up or receiver turned off

[CarlosHobbyRC]

Is a better plane needed when so much is invested in FPV equipment?

[alishanmao]

@CarlosHobbyRC Yes for sure :)

[CarlosHobbyRC]

And the lesson is?

[alishanmao]

@CarlosHobbyRC Never fly right after changing a new ESC and never testing it. and use stand alone UBEC :D

[hairlesshippy]

you should buy a little inflatable boat and keep it in the car for these moments. Just in case...

[alishanmao]

@hairlesshippy I already have one :D

[Lonewolf2201]

This was a rumour that I heard when I was in Cambodia but if your electronics get wet I.E a mobile phone you put them in a plastic bag and cover it with rice then seal the bag an leave it over night, then in the morning the rice would have absorbed all the moisture and the electronics should be dry... DON'T trust me on this as I said its a rumour.

[420choky]

@Lonewolf2201 would the rice be cooked? some chicken and beans .. stir fry electronics

[alishanmao]

@420choky LOL hell yeah :D

[alishanmao]

@Lonewolf2201 others confirm its true :D

[freemarlochip]

Hate to say but told you so.......Something just not right when you got tons of money in gadgets on a cheap foam plane......ANYTIME you add ONE thing, CHECK & re-check BEC...And you should of taken off you're robot suit, one slip in the water and that would of also been BYEBYE..

[alishanmao]

@freemarlochip I am now using separate UBEC tons of power for all electronics. Hope this new setup works well

[SuperMiller1972]

keep roll'n,brotha....keep on roll'n

[alishanmao]

@SuperMiller1972 keeping them rolling

[MrBnowak]

1 Meter away from land..!!!

keep finger croseed

[alishanmao]

@MrBnowak I was :D

[TooSlow2Care]

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! that was an incredible recovery. but that's why i put a spare BEC in my planes. it is an extra 30grams, but i know my servos will still work even if my ESC goes out... as long as my batteries are ok.

i hope everything works out and you get your FPV/UAV back in the air safely.

cheers,

Brian

[alishanmao]

@TooSlow2Care that what I did now. everything works great after drying. I now have a 5A max 7.5A - 5V UBEC Powering everything and motor is powered using ESC only. will test new setup soon. Thanks mate

[Truth5212]

Ali , can you make a tutorial on inverted hovering and 3d tricks for rc helicopters? Thank you !

[alishanmao]

@Truth5212 Hmmm Well I am kinda getting away from Helis, but in my opinion best way to learn this is using a simulator.

[liljimmygem]

whats the point of all this fpv just so you have live feed no point theres to much just for it it looks fun but a waste of time money when you coud just hook up a cam on the plane and fly while recored

[puggster]

@liljimmygem the point is that you get close and personal with the flight experience, nothing else comes closer to make you feel like you are onboard the plane, sure cams are a cheaper alternative but some like this experience better, every flight feels like a special ops military spy mission lol , what could be cooler than to get actualy in the cockpit of your rc plane and even look down at yourself and think what a plum you look with those goggles on haha :D

[alishanmao]

@puggster Totally true :D watching after flight Aerial video and flying your RC Plane live is totally different :)

[EARTHza323]

Hope it still work:D i wanna see some move of it next vdo

[alishanmao]

@EARTHza323 it all works, more vids coming soon

[EARTHza323]

Oh luckky still work :D

[alishanmao]

@EARTHza323 :D heheh guess i was

[flaco9711]

LOL!!!! WERE YOU PISSED OFF?????????

[alishanmao]

@flaco9711 nah was just sad that I could not enjoy my new System for few minutes even lol

[flaco9711]

@alishanmao lol U ENJOYED FOR A FEW MAYBE 12 SEC LOL NO NO NO NO SPLAT IN THE WATER! HA

[alishanmao]

@flaco9711 that was scary from camera

[Pesco420]

Hey Ali! I remember when i subscribed to you now, you drove a brushless RC into the ocean and the battery caught fire. You make some of the best RC videos on youtube. I hope you get more subscribers from these videos :D

[alishanmao]

@Pesco420 Thanks mate :) things just happen to us and we keep the camera running :D

[poerik]

lol you made my day ali to bad but hey shit happens to us all

good luck

grtzzzz

[alishanmao]

@poerik yup, but again electronics are all safe

[chazza7171]

1 metre from land !!!!!unfortunate man

[alishanmao]

@chazza7171 tell me bout it

[metroid1985]

as i say to everyone who makes a bis mistake, "won't do that no mo" lol. well im glad everything is working peachy again. and at lease you didn't fall in the water yourself. i mean not only would your stuff get damaged but i think you might get a bit of a shock out of all that stuff/.

[alishanmao]

@metroid1985 yup that ROBO Pilot stuff will be fried and my FuTaba 10C In my hands phew

[pyrzvert]

nice POV :D

[alishanmao]

@pyrzvert thank you

[ijoshtech]

You look like a friggin cellphone station!

[alishanmao]

@ijoshtech LOL :D yes

[matube73]

No no. Better luck next time Ali. Did you say that you diagnosed the cause? Im sure this is only a minor set back.

[alishanmao]

@matube73 its was ESC with a 2A BEC. I was running like 9 servos on it and it gave away

[magicmike1122]

i knew that field was trouble, looks awsome but what if your battery died or something on takeoff, theres no turning back!

[alishanmao]

@magicmike1122 well thats the thrill then right

[RicardoNY1]

Ali, your field has to be placed in the top 10 for "World's most dangerous RC fields"! Good save...............I'd try to waterproof some of that gear, at least some of it.

[alishanmao]

@RicardoNY1 heheh for sure :D top 10 dangerous RC Airports of the world

[Truth5212]

It's just amazing to see your real reactions . I was also saying NOOO in my heart too . HAHA . This are really fun moments of crashing .

[alishanmao]

@Truth5212 man I saw that horrible water coming so close fast hahhaha

[steijn30]

Woohhhh to bad you crashed her in the river! Thanks for sharing.

Grtzzzz

[alishanmao]

@steijn30 well better than crashing in the middle of the river

[geo6642]

@alishanmao absolutely

[maestrosVIP]

@alishanmao i like the fact that you're optimistic!!! I'm sure you're always thinking: It could be worst!!! :D

[alishanmao]

@maestrosVIP totally true :)

[dreampilot2]

I'm glad everything works still, we learn from our mistakes :)

[alishanmao]

@dreampilot2 true

[Poisonousization22]

at least it floats

[alishanmao]

@Poisonousization22 yup :D